A FREE Public Day School for Profoundly Gifted Learners

Our mission is to offer you advanced educational opportunities designed to specifically serve your needs, interests and goals.

In addition, we provide:

A Personalized Learning Plan (PLP) that serves as a tool to guide us in meeting your unique needs;

A wide range of courses and learning options, including: choices of levels of study to pursue in each of your courses; university honors courses; independent study opportunities; research opportunities; and more;

The opportunity to build friendships, pursue extra-curricular activities, contribute to the community, and learn with intellectual peers;

Access to the intellectual, cultural, athletic resources on the UNR campus, the Reno/Tahoe area, and the beauty of the Sierra Mountains.

*Eligible candidates have SAT, ACT or IQ scores in the top 1/10th of 1%, and perform academically at the middle or high school level.

Not a charter school, The Davidson Academy is a third type of public school, called a "university school for profoundly gifted pupils" created by the Nevada State Legislature in 2005, Nevada Revised Statute 392A.